New York Rangers: Prospect Development Camp day 1 highlights

Now that the NHL draft is over, the New York Rangers get the opportunity to take a look at all of their young talent as the team hosts the Prospect Development Camp.

Vitaly Kravtsov, K’Andre Miller, Nils Lundkvist, along with the other six selections the organization made in last weekend’s NHL draft are all here, as the New York Rangers kicked off their annual Prospect Development Camp at the MSG Training Center.

The Rangers two first-round picks from the 2017 NHL Draft, Lias Andersson, and Filip Chytil, along with the three players acquired in February at the trade deadline, Libor Hajek, Brett Howden and Ryan Lindgren, will all be on this ice this week as well.

The 36 players invited to camp took to the ice in three different practice groups on Monday. The players will be broken down into teams and the will play in scrimmage games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, which begin at 10:00 a.m. ET each day.

Lias Andersson will not skate today as his equipment hasn’t arrived yet from Europe. #NYRPDC

The first practice group that hit the ice on Monday morning consisted of Chytil, Day, Michael Lindqvist, Georgiev and three 2018 draft selections. Those selections being Nico Gross, Joey Keane, and Simon Kjellberg.

Earlier in the day, Miller showed off his New York Rangers Prospect Development Camp shirt, with this years theme “Count On Us” on the front. Miller is a player many have spoken about as the Rangers traded up in the draft to select him.

Though he will be going to Wisconsin this year, the future looks very bright for him as a Blueshirt.

New York Rangers first-round draft pick in 2017, Filip Chytil, spoke about needing to show the team his best so that he can play in the NHL, and discussed the first time he met new head coach Dave Quinn.